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UTMUnplugged holds video contest
The UTM Instructional Technology Center and Web Service will be holding a video contest for UTMUnplugged. The purpose of this contest is to give students the opportunity to show off their video production skills and a chance to win to some prizes. Steve Holt, the director of the Instructional Technology Center and Web Service says he want students to tell UTMUnplugged why they should make a ...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:34:20 -0700

BELLEVILLE: New district website could be ready for start of school
On Aug. 23, Van Buren Schools' technology director Harvey Chesney presented an update on the new district website platform set to be launched - hopefully - for the start of school on Sept. 7.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:11:07 -0700

Free software available for MSU students
Three Mississippi State University departments will have access to various Microsoft software products for the 2010-2011 school year. Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance is a program which offers annual memberships to accredited departments that grants access to various Microsoft software products for instructional purposes.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:36:44 -0700

Technology keeps teachers up-to-date
Textbooks can’t keep up when information changes as fast as technology allows. That’s why Shawn Gregg, a ninth-grade science teacher at Fruita 8–9 School, adapted his teaching techniques to keep up. Last year, his students viewed real-time geological data online and screened minutes-old footage of the Haiti earthquake to study plate tectonics. He regularly looks up information on the Internet to ...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:03:32 -0700

Pembroke Library awarded $20,000 grant
This week Pembroke Youth Librarian Jess Lamarre announced that the library has received notice that $20,000 in after school program funding would likely be awarded to Pembroke.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:47:12 -0700